The morning after Emma and Aggie had found Lucas crying in a storage cupboard they decided to visit him before breakfast. The two girls wandered to where they had left him with the nurse. However, by the time they got there Lucas was already gone, his bed made and no sign of him ever having been there was left. There was still no sign of him when they went to breakfast, and first and second lesson. He seemed to be missing the whole day, so during lunch the girls went to the heads office hoping to get an idea of his whereabouts.

Approaching the office, they could hear the faint murmurings of a conversation through the thick wooden door. They were about to press their ears to the door when it swung open sharply. Standing in the doorway were two adults that seemed slightly familiar. One skinny woman with wavy brown hair that reached her mid back wearing a white blouse and a pair of black trousers and one muscular suited man with a smattering of stubble around his chin that looked like he had forgetter to shave that morning. Behind them, with his head hung in shame was Lucas. His hair was tied back for the first time since Emma had met him and he was in full school uniform.

'Lucas!' Emma burst out upon seeing him through the gap in the stern looking adults. Lucas looked up quickly before returning his gaze to the floor when he noticed the woman shoot him a look.

She straightened out her blouse slightly with her hands and gave Emma a less than friendly look 'Miss Blackwell, I assume?' she said in a flustered manner

'Yes?' Emma asked, wondering what she wanted but she simply turned to look at Aggie.

'Miss Delacour.' The woman said as if she had met Aggie before.

'Yes Mrs.' Aggie responded, seeming calm and cool although she gave Emma a quick glance that showed they were in the same position as each other- completely lost.

Emma tried to move forward, ignoring the weird interaction and directing Lucas directly again.

'You put your hair up? It looks good.' Emma commented, finding anything she could to talk about

'Yes.' Said the woman. 'I've always said he's only allowed his hair long if he ties it back, clearly he hasn't been listening to me while he's been away.' She said sourly

'Oh, well… I mean no he, uh.' Emma stumbled over her words trying to thing of an excuse for Lucas

'Darling please.' Said the tall man to the woman standing next to him 'Shall we focus on what our own child has to say rather than someone else's?'

'I suppose we should.' The woman begrudgingly admitted as the man placed his hand on the small of her back and walked her away from Emma and Aggie. Aggie grabbed Lucas' arm as he passed

'Who are they?' she whispered

'Take a wild guess.' Lucas said dejectedly

'Parents?' Emma asked

'Lucas!' the man shouted from a short distance away

Lucas nodded at Emma and pulled his arm from Aggies grasp. He hurried over to his father who put a hand on his shoulder and guided him to the end of the hallway. Once they were out of sight Emma and Aggie walked to the dining hall in the hopes of a late lunch, as they walked they talked about Lucas and his parents.

'Do you think he's okay?' Emma asked

'With parents like that? I wouldn't be.' Aggie sighed

'Yeah,' Emma agreed, letting her mind wander

'He looked sad!' Emma blurted after a short pause of silence

'what?' Aggie asked, having been thrown off by the suddenness of her accusation

'He looked sad.' Emma repeated

'Not as sad as he looked last night.'

'I'm really not sure that's a good thing' Emma said, fed up with how little she knew about most things going on in her and her friend's life.

'Should we tell George?' Emma pondered aloud

'Tell him what? We saw Lucas being sad, then again with his parents but we don't know why? We can and I'm not stopping you but were giving him an unfinished story, we know no details.'

'Good point.'

'You can, just so he knows what's going on, and maybe he can give some context. I'm just saying your boyfriend is a know-it-all, but it doesn't mean he actually knows everything.'

'He isn't my boyfriend.' Emma defended

'Oh. Forget I said anything.' Aggie said bluntly

'That's suspicious.'

'yeah but is it as suspicious as when you started to 'practice flying' like every night alone together?' Aggie teased

'Don't be weird!'

'I won't be weird if you forget I said anything!'

'Fine! Its forgotten I promise!' Emma laughed

By this point the girls were almost at the dining hall, they could hear people talking loudly inside meaning they weren't too late to get some food. Emma reached to open the door, but Aggie stopped her.

'I know he's not your boyfriend but, do you like George?' she asked looking Emma straight in the eye.

'Of course, I wouldn't hang around him if I didn't like him.' Emma responded nervously

'I think you know what I mean, would you ever go out with him?' Aggie really didn't seem in the mood for any joking. Emma let her eyes wander as she thought about the question, would she ever go out with George?

'yeah.' Emma said softly 'I would go out with him.' She couldn't help but smile at the idea of going out with George.

'That's good to know.' Aggie said with a warm smile

'Promise you won't tell him?' Emma asked still with a warm smile from thoughts of her and George

'I don't think I need to tell him.' Aggie grinned

Before Emma could ask for an explanation Aggie opened the doors to the dining hall and strode in, straight towards Fred and George who were among the few people left at the Gryffindor table. The two girls sat down next to each other, opposing Fred and George. Aggie grabbed two ham rolls from a tray and began to eat while Emma took a moment to talk to Fred and George who had only crumbs left on their plates.

'Have you seen Lucas recently?' Emma asked

'No, I thought that's why you went to see the head?' George responded sounding rather concerned

'Did you find out what's going on?' Fred asked

'No, we didn't find out anything.' Emma said with a sigh

'We did meet his parents though, they were intense to say the least.' Aggie said swallowing a mouthful of roll.

'All we can do is wait.' Fred said, seeing that the conversation wasn't going anywhere

After a beat George perked up, he exhaled harshly before turning to the group and saying, 'Are you all ready for out next flying lesson?'

Aggie looked up from her plate then over at Fred who stood up as their gaze met.

'Are you okay there Fred?' Emma asked

'I just remembered I have a thing I need to do.' Fred answered

'Me too!' Aggie added, grabbing the leftover roll from her plate 'One of the professors needed to see us but we'll see you at last lesson, Bye!' and with that Fred and Aggie were gone.

Emma and George were left alone in a scarcely populated hall, sitting opposite each other. George took a deep breath,

'Okay…Emma. I like you. A lot.' George paused to check Emma's reaction, she was smiling kindly so he continued. 'Do you…'

'EMMA!' Aggie called from the door way.

Emma and George both looked over at Aggie, she looked scared and out of breath.

'Yeah?' Emma called out to her

'Your parents are here! they want to take you home!'

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